Barry,
Ah, a kindred spirit!
Glad I could put a smile on your face
!
Happy hangin’ my friend.
Eddie
Ah, a kindred spirit!
Glad I could put a smile on your face
Happy hangin’ my friend.
Eddie
Clotheslines
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iheartmaytag
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Those were my Grandma's and Mother's rules as well. I still follow them.
My clothsline
Here are pictures of my clothes line. First is just the lines the second is most of the wash hanging. I hang out everything love that fresh air smell.
David
Here are pictures of my clothes line. First is just the lines the second is most of the wash hanging. I hang out everything love that fresh air smell.
David
justjunque
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David,
That's neat. I've never seen them configured like that.
I like the old "four square" houses in your neighborhood. That type of house has always appealed to me.
Barry
That's neat. I've never seen them configured like that.
I like the old "four square" houses in your neighborhood. That type of house has always appealed to me.
Barry
vacerator
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Like that 3 or 4
square brick house behind yours. Like my grams was in Midland, and my aunts, but hers had arched window casing brick molds and small keystones.
square brick house behind yours. Like my grams was in Midland, and my aunts, but hers had arched window casing brick molds and small keystones.
xraytech
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Very nice setup David
I see you have the aluminum clothesline props like the ones I use, mine were grandmas.
What part of a Pittsburgh are you in?
I see you have the aluminum clothesline props like the ones I use, mine were grandmas.
What part of a Pittsburgh are you in?
Hi Sam
I have about 20 props some I had bought 30 years ago when I got married, and I got many more from mom and a neighbor sons of whom I helped wash when I was little gave me his mother's props when she passed away about 15 years ago. I shared some of those with my sister in laws, although they do not hang out as much as I do. If I would have kept all the props I would have over 40. You can get them like this anymore. I also have 9 clothes posts. I use 5 every week I take them in & out so they wont rust away.I also have a milk crate full of old wooden clothes pins that came from all the older people in my family. No one else wanted them.
David
I have about 20 props some I had bought 30 years ago when I got married, and I got many more from mom and a neighbor sons of whom I helped wash when I was little gave me his mother's props when she passed away about 15 years ago. I shared some of those with my sister in laws, although they do not hang out as much as I do. If I would have kept all the props I would have over 40. You can get them like this anymore. I also have 9 clothes posts. I use 5 every week I take them in & out so they wont rust away.I also have a milk crate full of old wooden clothes pins that came from all the older people in my family. No one else wanted them.
David
Better view of clothes line
Here is a picture of my lines yesterday. I took the picture from the upstairs window.
Here is a picture of my lines yesterday. I took the picture from the upstairs window.
Wow, that is a work of art using all of the props. Everything in order too.
Clotheslines
The first picture is the retractable line I used to use before getting my new "Latvian Clothes Dryer" seen in the second picture.
There used to be a pool shed in this side yard so the end of the retractable line was attached to that.
It had to be propped up with a wood pole in the middle so as not to sag.
Now the pool shed (and the pool) is gone, I have more room for drying clothes.
The "Latvian Clothes Dryer" is from Brabantia and is made in Latvia.
It can hold up to four full loads of laundry easily.
I LOVE the smell of clothes dried outside!
The first picture is the retractable line I used to use before getting my new "Latvian Clothes Dryer" seen in the second picture.
There used to be a pool shed in this side yard so the end of the retractable line was attached to that.
It had to be propped up with a wood pole in the middle so as not to sag.
Now the pool shed (and the pool) is gone, I have more room for drying clothes.
The "Latvian Clothes Dryer" is from Brabantia and is made in Latvia.
It can hold up to four full loads of laundry easily.
I LOVE the smell of clothes dried outside!
brainardcooper
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Clothes Line
Here is mine from yesterday. I have had an outdoor Clothes Line at every house I have owned, and always will have one. I hang clothes on the line or the Drying Rack 90+% of the time. I only use the dryer for "emergencies" or when I need towels for company as many do not like the way the towels feel off the line.
Here is mine from yesterday. I have had an outdoor Clothes Line at every house I have owned, and always will have one. I hang clothes on the line or the Drying Rack 90+% of the time. I only use the dryer for "emergencies" or when I need towels for company as many do not like the way the towels feel off the line.
vacerator
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Not hanging
my Aussiebum's outside for the neighbors to see. No privacy fence on one side yet.
my Aussiebum's outside for the neighbors to see. No privacy fence on one side yet.
Just waiting for the pollen to get through doing its thing.
Nothing better than summer clothes washed in Ariel and hung out to dry in the sun.
Nothing better than summer clothes washed in Ariel and hung out to dry in the sun.
vacerator
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Pollen
hasn't began yet here. Overnight lows were still in the 30's last week.
hasn't began yet here. Overnight lows were still in the 30's last week.
bradfordwhite
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Nothing more comforting that the fresh smell of line dried sheets on a sunny day.
The sun is also a bleaching agent so it is sanitizing.
In the 70s, We copied our our neighbor and got a Sears pull out clothes line.
Word of warning when buying a home or renting an apartment: Always write into your contract the necessity of reviewing the HOA rules and signing off your approval as a condition. Also knowing what your renting ahead of time will save you from being around the clothes-line-depraved souls.
The sun is also a bleaching agent so it is sanitizing.
In the 70s, We copied our our neighbor and got a Sears pull out clothes line.
Word of warning when buying a home or renting an apartment: Always write into your contract the necessity of reviewing the HOA rules and signing off your approval as a condition. Also knowing what your renting ahead of time will save you from being around the clothes-line-depraved souls.
cycla-fabric
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We have a clothesline like the the post above and enjoy putting out the laundry in the summertime or when the weather permits it. This spring has been cold and wet in NJ and the line is out, but I can't use it as we get 1 nice day and the rest is cold and wet. We are going to go from cold and wet to hot and dry, and no in between time. Oh well at least we can have a clothesline with no one complaining. Use a clothesline and reduce your carbon footprint I say.
Doug
Doug
kenmoreguy89
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September laundry....
twintubdexter
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Here in some parts of the State, your laundry would have something in common with bacon...smoked.</span>
Ireland, by European or even possibly North American standards, is a bit of an outlier when it comes to apartments (condos). Only 4% of us live in apartments / condos / flats. So line drying has been a feature of everyday life for as long as people have been doing laundry.
The climate here however, can be pretty wet. A recent survey I was looking at has about 70% of households here own a clothes dryer and an increasing number of those seem to be heat pumps, which is also possibly driving uptake higher as they’re less energy hogging and less annoying than simpler condensers or through the wall vented machines.
However, you’ll still find a lot of people who will line dry when possible and may finish items off in a machine or only use the machine when the weather is wet (frequently).
For rental properties here you have to provide at least a fridge, cooking appliances, a washer and a dryer (or washer-dryer combined units are legally acceptable - the landlord specials are often ... emm special in the sense they’re useless!)
However in apartments (condos or rentals) we’ve management companies which are owned by the households in the building and until all the units are sold, the developer usually retains shares. Many of these, like US HOAs are absolutely paranoid about laundry or anything else (eg satellite dishes) visible from balconies and will write stuff into your lease or try to enforce things. The legality of some of it is a bit questionable and enforcement would tend to be by means of a haughty letter rather than ever going to court but it’s becoming a signifiant annoyance for some people.
To be quite honest, I think it’s OCD and snobbish nonsense.
The satellite dish issue is probably more significant, as you’ll get people trying to fix dishes to the exterior walls of buildings which they don’t own. The management companies can then just remove them. However. I’ve seen management companies go after someone who had a very well camouflaged dish on her balcony. There was nothing ugly about it. Unless you went out of your way looking for it, it was totally invisible.
I just think with the clothes issue in particular, all people need is to be a little less sensitive to a drying rack on a balcony and also perhaps design balconies and other areas like that so that clothes can be dried unobtrusively. I know for example in Spain I rented a place with a huge balcony, part of which was screened with louvers, which provided excellent space for drying clothes. There was a very large closet at the end of the balcony on that side which contained a washer & dryer stack and an extra fridge freezer, all totally hidden away behind panelling.
The climate here however, can be pretty wet. A recent survey I was looking at has about 70% of households here own a clothes dryer and an increasing number of those seem to be heat pumps, which is also possibly driving uptake higher as they’re less energy hogging and less annoying than simpler condensers or through the wall vented machines.
However, you’ll still find a lot of people who will line dry when possible and may finish items off in a machine or only use the machine when the weather is wet (frequently).
For rental properties here you have to provide at least a fridge, cooking appliances, a washer and a dryer (or washer-dryer combined units are legally acceptable - the landlord specials are often ... emm special in the sense they’re useless!)
However in apartments (condos or rentals) we’ve management companies which are owned by the households in the building and until all the units are sold, the developer usually retains shares. Many of these, like US HOAs are absolutely paranoid about laundry or anything else (eg satellite dishes) visible from balconies and will write stuff into your lease or try to enforce things. The legality of some of it is a bit questionable and enforcement would tend to be by means of a haughty letter rather than ever going to court but it’s becoming a signifiant annoyance for some people.
To be quite honest, I think it’s OCD and snobbish nonsense.
The satellite dish issue is probably more significant, as you’ll get people trying to fix dishes to the exterior walls of buildings which they don’t own. The management companies can then just remove them. However. I’ve seen management companies go after someone who had a very well camouflaged dish on her balcony. There was nothing ugly about it. Unless you went out of your way looking for it, it was totally invisible.
I just think with the clothes issue in particular, all people need is to be a little less sensitive to a drying rack on a balcony and also perhaps design balconies and other areas like that so that clothes can be dried unobtrusively. I know for example in Spain I rented a place with a huge balcony, part of which was screened with louvers, which provided excellent space for drying clothes. There was a very large closet at the end of the balcony on that side which contained a washer & dryer stack and an extra fridge freezer, all totally hidden away behind panelling.
